Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,225
Personally I love it.
As some wag posted no doubt the owners will cash in on the added value.
David Schrieber is also one of the new owners of Discovery Park Ltd.
Not a Town Team venture Neil?
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Guest 1792- Registered: 2 Jul 2016
- Posts: 111
Nice to see that the Leader of DDC likes Dover s new artwork ..Can you please make sure it's protected and kept in Dover and not allowed to be painted or graffitied over ,,
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
kalos it hasn't been graffitied over yet.and besides there has croweds of people down there admiring the art work and taking photos.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,470
Good to hear.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
- Posts: 3,370
so Banksy makes the owners even richer . shouled have done his homework first.
TheThinWhiteDuke- Registered: 7 Jul 2016
- Posts: 343
I love it. It must be one of the biggest things he's ever painted.
Does anyone know/did anyone notice: Were the cracks in the plaster already conveniently there to begin with, or not?
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,911
All very odd.
The Banksy in Folkestone was painted on the wall of an amusement arcade whose tenant was Dreamland Leisure Ltd which went into voluntary liquidation 23/11/15 (director J M Godden), after a long court battle over 'ownership' of the work which they lost to The Creative Foundation (director Sir Roger DeHaan)
Dover's Banksy is also painted on the side of a (former) amusement arcade which whilst boarded up still proudly displays the logo of Castle Amusements Dover a trading name of Dreamland Leisure Ltd which takes us back to the Godden connection.
Why would Banksy enhance the value of this property in particular and is there a white knight with deep pockets to pay our learned friends to ensure the mural remains in Dover? Just wondering.
Let's hope it is not flammable!
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
And do not forget the sigh I welded up on the end of Folkestone pier nice welding that still there today.
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,014
Sometimes a blank canvas is - just a blank canvas. Good job he didn't use the side of Burlington House, otherwise we'd be scratching our heads and wondering what to do next.
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
Speaking of protecting it, can you get perspex that big!
Just a thought.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,014
Welcome to the house of fun!
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Guest 1831- Registered: 1 Sep 2016
- Posts: 395
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Where was this place situated, long ago:?
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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It is great lots of the public off the ship again today taking photos of each other next to that wall painting it was very well done.
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Christine - that's New Bridge and if that's not Castle Amusements this side of it, then it's what was there before. Odd to think that the Dour flowed down Townwall Street, rather than across it. But hey, I guess that's how the Bronze Age boat ended nearby.
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Guest 1416- Registered: 20 Nov 2014
- Posts: 77
Thanks to Banksy, Dover has now made it into New York Times! Personally I think it's a fantastic piece of political art and should be protected by DDC as part of Dover's cultural heritage
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/world/europe/banksy-brexit-mural-stars.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,470
It's actually a nice building, with a bit care it would look good. Dover has few old buildings left, it shouldn't knocked down.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
cost to much take it down looks a mess.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,794
This is the sort of building the LoveDover lot should be after but I suspect they will now be priced out of this one.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,470
Brian Dixon wrote:kalos it hasn't been graffitied over yet.and besides there has croweds of people down there admiring the art work and taking photos.
It has been graffitied now
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Jan Higgins wrote:This is the sort of building the LoveDover lot should be after but I suspect they will now be priced out of this one.
Too far out of town to be of interest to LoveDover.
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